--ben

〜べん

- dialect

Example

ときどき わかやまべんを つかいますね。わかやまで うまれたんですか。

Sometimes you use the Wakayama dialect, don't you? Were you born in Wakayama?

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Various dialects

There are some areas in the Philippines where the vowel pronunciation is not distinct. There is a tendency to mix the sounds of /e/ and /i/ and /o/. Thus it is possible to have a word spelled with an /i/ but pronounced with an /e/.